 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...dy'd, On flying ears new sorcerers may ride : Perhaps (for whocan guess th' effects of chance? ) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet ' may dance. Hard is his lot that, here by Fortune placM, Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, And chase... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...died, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; Perhaps (for who can guess the' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance. Hard is his lot that here by fortune plac'd, Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; i Mrs. Behn was a writer of loose plays arid novels, &c.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; j Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance. Hard is his lot that, here by fortune plac'd, Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste j \Vith every meteor of caprice must play, And chase ihe... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1818 - 262 pages
...dy'd, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride, Perhaps (for who can guess the effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or "Mahomet may dance. Hard is his lot, that here by fortune plac'd, Mint watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; With every meteor of caprice must play, And chace the new... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...died, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet* may dance. Hard is his lot that, here by Fortune plac'd, Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; * Hunt, a famous boxer on the stage ; Mahomet, a ropedancer,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...dy'd, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride: Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet * may dance. Hard is his lot that, here by Fortune plac'd, Must watch the. wild vicissitudes of taste; With every meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 pages
...Tom Darfev was a facetious low dramatist. Perhaps (for who can guess the' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance. Hard is his lot that here by fortune placed, Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; With every meteor of caprice must play, And chase... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1824 - 140 pages
...died, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride ; Perhaps (for who can guess th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt may box, or Mahomet may dance. Hard is his lot, that, here by fortune placed, Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste : 108 With every meteor of caprice must play, And... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...dy'd, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride : Perhaps, (for who can guess th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt' may box, or Mahomet may dance. Hard is his lot that, here by fortune plac'd, . Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, And chase the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...dy'd, On flying cars new sorcerers may ride : Perhaps, (for who can guess th' effects of chance ?) Here Hunt' may box, or Mahomet may dance. Hard is his lot that, here by fortune plac'd, Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play, And chase the new-blown... | |
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